Bug 118260
| Summary: | 'dmesg' fails when in su environment | ||
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| Product: | [Fedora] Fedora | Reporter: | Tim Waugh <twaugh> |
| Component: | policy | Assignee: | Daniel Walsh <dwalsh> |
| Status: | CLOSED RAWHIDE | QA Contact: | |
| Severity: | medium | Docs Contact: | |
| Priority: | medium | ||
| Version: | rawhide | CC: | pgraner |
| Target Milestone: | --- | ||
| Target Release: | --- | ||
| Hardware: | All | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
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| Fixed In Version: | Doc Type: | Bug Fix | |
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| Clone Of: | Environment: | ||
| Last Closed: | 2004-03-25 05:41:20 UTC | Type: | --- |
| Regression: | --- | Mount Type: | --- |
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| oVirt Team: | --- | RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host: | |
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Fixed in policy-1.8-15. Dan |
Description of problem: Although 'dmesg' works fine as a normal non-root user, it doesn't work in an su environment. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 1.8-14 How reproducible: 100% Steps to Reproduce: 1. Log in via gdm as non-root non-staff user 2. Start terminal. 3. su - 4. dmesg Actual results: No output. Expected results: Kernel message log. Additional info: avc: denied { use } for pid=3884 exe=/bin/dmesg path=/dev/pts/8 dev= ino=10 scontext=root:system_r:dmesg_t tcontext=user_u:user_r:user_t tclass=fd audit2allow says: allow dmesg_t user_t:fd { use };